In this modern age where everything is mobile this and cellular, that and can be done at the touch of a button or the click of a mouse, it is understandable that we have developed rather sedentary lifestyles. We sit in our air conditioned offices all day, behind computer screens and type our days away [...]
Unfortunately, one of the most lethal of all female cancers, ovarian cancer is now the 5th leading cause of cancer death for women, afflicting 1 out of 58 women in the United States. When diagnosed early, the five-year survival rate can be as high as 95%. However, most cases are diagnosed in a more advanced [...]
Comediennes such as Gilda Radner and Madeline Kahn, Oscar-winning actresses like Loretta Young and Sandy Dennis, singers Laura Nyro and Dinah Shore, actor Pierce Brosnan’s wife Cassandra Harris, actress Jessica Tandy, former Connecticut governor Ella Grasso, and Martin Luther King’s wife Coretta Scott King all died of ovarian cancer. It’s not just celebrities, politicians or [...]
Each year statistics show that the number of cancer cases newly diagnosed continues to rise however advances in diagnostic procedures and treatments means that more and more lives are being saved. Not surprisingly, even more people could survive cancer if they knew the common signs and symptoms to look for because the earlier that cancer [...]
According to the American Cancer Society, today, lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related deaths in women. In 2006, an estimated 162,460 deaths resulted from lung cancer, and of those deaths, an estimated 79,560 of those were women. At first glance, the numbers might not seem so alarming., but what is [...]
Women have two ovaries in the abdomen, one on each side of the uterus. The ovaries are part of the reproductive system. There are two jobs, not her ovaries, which produce hormones (estrogen and progesterone), and use eggs that are now on the fallopian tubes into the uterus.
Ovarian cysts can be found [...]
In some recent animal studies vitamin D has strikingly reduced the growth of cancerous tumors. In addition, a large number of observational studies in humans with low consumption of vitamin D to an increased risk of cancer combined have brought. The type of cancer combined are numerous: breast, rectum, esophagus, stomach, bladder, ovaries, prostate, [...]
One of the most important factors in determining the survival rate or chances for remission of cancer is early detection. Some types of cancer, where it is very real is the cancer of breast and prostate cancer because early detection makes it easier to treat because the cancer is usually found only in a [...]
Some statistics indicate that the survival rate of prostate cancer may be as high as 98 percent when the disease is detected in an early stage. But how can you do to secure their prostate cancer is diagnosed in time? Even with regular prostate screenings, cancer to be large enough to be determined. Well, [...]
If you have prostate cancer, are concerned about getting it, or if you’re looking out for the health of someone you love, this article can help. In most men, prostate cancer grows very slowly: most men will never know they have the condition. Prostate cancer is the third most common cause of death from [...]